You will probably get better advice from the houseplant forum. Most here are growing Ficus Carica, edible figs.

Just to be accurate, pruning doesn't promote growth, in fact, the practice is a setback to growth and the lost potential can never be regained. Pruning temporarily alters the growth habit of the plant by interfering with the balance of growth regulators. Once the growth regulators regain their natural balance, the plant reverts to it's former growth habits. Now, just because I said that pruning sets back growth and the lost potential can't be regained doesn't mean I think pruning is bad. I mean, I DO think bad (inappropriate) pruning is bad, but appropriate pruning is good .... even when you're pruning roots. For the most part, I'm not interested in growing a plant unless it can be pruned or otherwise manipulated into a form that is both evocative and natural in appearance, so I'm a strong proponent of getting rid of what doesn't look good or pruning in order to produce a desirable outcome. If you want growth low on the trunks, you need to get the plant healthy and prune fairly hard while the plant is growing well - in summer. If you're interested, we can talk in more exact terms, but the generalities would go something like this: * Get the plant outdoors as soon as temps allow so you can get the plant started on the road back to good health. * Get and keep your watering under control until after you repot, when your soil should do 90% of the regulating - removing that burden from your shoulders. * Get started on a good nutritional supplementation program and stick to it. It will be VERY easy once you repot into an appropriate medium. * Don't prune until after you've repotted into an appropriate soil and the plant is pushing new growth. * Once you see new growth after repotting, prune back hard. * Force the tree to become full by constant pinching. Whenever a branch has 3 or 4 leaves on it, cut it back (pinch it) to 2 leaves. You'll get a new branch from the axil (crotch) of each leaf. When these new branches have 3-4 leaves, pinch back to 2 leaves again. No branch should ever have more than 4 leaves and no branches should have older leaves dropping off unless there is a branch in the leaf axil. If you start planning now (and you live in the Northern Hemisphere), you should be able to have your plant back on track by August. Al

just at thought about growth direction. Plant normally grow towards the light so if you want your plant to do that then place it where there's a good overhead light source. For plants to bush out, you need to nip off the leader so that would be the tip of your tree. That should force out branches - but it takes time to happen.

Nothing that should be seen as concerning jumps out at you when you look them over - some very minor mechanical injury from getting banged around while they were handled at the greenhouse, some evidence of over-watering in the past, and it looks like maybe a bit of an adverse reaction to something applied (insecticide, fungicide, ......) in the past. They want warm temps 70-80*, moist but never wet or soggy soil, and all the light you can give them, during the winter especially. If you do decide to put them in full sun, make sure you take a little time to try to acclimate the leaves to the new site over a week or two. Best to move them to a full sun position at the onset of a stretch of cloudy days. Would you describe yourself as an experienced grower, or are you just getting started? Al